Increase in consumption tax rate Review of spending to reduce burden on September 24 20:43
As the consumption tax rate increases one week later, the burden on households will increase, and there is a movement among consumers to review the existing expenditures and reduce the burden.
A group of housewives living in Suginami-ku, Tokyo, gathers several times a month to hold a study group to share the knowledge of how to keep a household account book and save money.
Seven people in their 50s and 70s gathered on the 20th of this month, which was about to raise the consumption tax rate.
Analyzing the household account book of each household revealed that next month, some households will increase expenses by about 4,000 yen for children's lessons, utilities, and consumables.
For this reason, it was discussed how to reduce the burden on the household, reducing the number of washings and not using softeners, reducing travel costs by making travel destinations with family and friends nearby, Various ideas came out.
The 52-year-old woman who participated said, “I want to live more consciously about where I should spend my budget and spend money and where I should not.”
One of the participants, Yuki Fujita (55), lives with a 60-year-old husband and a college daughter.
It is estimated that the burden will increase by about 1000 yen including soaps used in cosmetics and toilets.
Mr. Fujita, who works as a freelance writer at home, is expected to increase expenses by several thousand yen per year, especially when the consumption tax rate rises with the current electricity charges because he uses a PC for a long time at work.
For this reason, we are switching to LED lighting fixtures that can adjust the amount of electricity used at Fujita's home.
Mr. Fujita said, “Because we are working, there is a limit even if we want to reduce utility costs, so we would like to overcome the tax increase by repeating small ideas.”